My assignment from the producer was to find out how refugee children in Malaysia live and go to school… basically, their right to education. I interviewed a Rohingya boy named Ibrahim and a girl named Fatimah.
Refugee kids in a UNHCR 'school'
Datuk Ishak Mohamed, Malaysian Immigration Department
The sad thing about it is that Malaysia doesn’t recognise refugees so they can’t go to public school. But there are programmes organised and funded by the UNHCR.
So don’t forget to watch my special report on Al Jazeera this Wednesday, 10th December 2008!
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